# Shasta Ventures' AI Investments: 22 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 22 AI startups Shasta Ventures has backed, by stage: $1.5B raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/shasta-ventures-ai-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Stage not reported 5 - [Highspot](https://millionrounds.com/company/highspot) - [Tonal](https://millionrounds.com/company/tonal) - [SendBird](https://millionrounds.com/company/sendbird) - [Needle](https://millionrounds.com/company/needle) - [Glint](https://millionrounds.com/company/glint) ## Pre-seed and seed 5 - [Lore](https://millionrounds.com/company/lore) - [Bild](https://millionrounds.com/company/bild) - [Socratic](https://millionrounds.com/company/socratic) - [Whisper](https://millionrounds.com/company/whisper) - [Askmee](https://millionrounds.com/company/askmee) ## Series B 4 - [Simple](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple) - [Threekit](https://millionrounds.com/company/threekit) - [Beautiful.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/beautiful-ai) - [Flock](https://millionrounds.com/company/flock) ## Series A 4 - [Outpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/outpost) - [Starsky Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/starsky-robotics) - [Anzen](https://millionrounds.com/company/anzen) - [Private AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/private-ai) ## Series C and later 4 - [Lucidworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucidworks) - [CommerceIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/commerceiq) - [People.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/people-ai) - [Starship Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/starship-technologies) ## Segment by segment ### Stage not reported 5 startups · $491M raised - [**Highspot**](https://millionrounds.com/company/highspot) Highspot is a sales enablement platform that helps companies worldwide improve the performance of their sales teams. United States $195M - [**Tonal**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tonal) Tonal is a fitness technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015 by Aly Orady. United States $175M - [**SendBird**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sendbird) Sendbird is a global communications platform and a leading provider of Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) solutions. United States $118M - [**Needle**](https://millionrounds.com/company/needle) Needle is an AI-powered marketing platform tailored for direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce brands in sectors such as fashion, bea United States $2.1M - [**Glint**](https://millionrounds.com/company/glint) Glint offers an employee engagement platform. United Kingdom $1.0M ### Pre-seed and seed 5 startups · $104M raised - [**Lore**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lore) Lore is a Generative AI media and consulting company. United States $85M - [**Bild**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bild) Bild is an engineering AI assistant company based in Austin, focused on supporting hardware and mechanical engineering teams. United States $13M - [**Socratic**](https://millionrounds.com/company/socratic) Socratic is an AI company that specializes in technical project management and engineering operations for software teams. United States $3.0M - [**Whisper**](https://millionrounds.com/company/whisper) Whisper is an AI powered media company. Netherlands $1.9M - [**Askmee**](https://millionrounds.com/company/askmee) Askmee is the holding company for PepperMill AI United States $705K ### Series B 4 startups · $304M raised - [**Simple**](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple) Empowering family offices with AI-driven insights, expert knowledge, family office software and vetted service providers. United States $134M - [**Threekit**](https://millionrounds.com/company/threekit) Threekit is an AI-powered Visual Commerce Platform based in Chicago, Illinois. United States $65M - [**Beautiful.AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/beautiful-ai) Creating software that understands the rules of great design and allows anyone to build stunningly beautiful visual documents with ease. United States $61M - [**Flock**](https://millionrounds.com/company/flock) London-based insurtech building the world's first fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous commercial vehicles United States $44M ### Series A 4 startups · $77M raised - [**Outpost**](https://millionrounds.com/company/outpost) Outpost is a hospitality brand delivering live, work and travel services to a community of remote workers. United Kingdom $36M - [**Starsky Robotics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/starsky-robotics) Starsky Robotics was an autonomous trucking startup founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California. United States $17M - [**Anzen**](https://millionrounds.com/company/anzen) Anzen is a decentralized finance and blockchain company that specializes in private credit assets and real-world asset-backed yields. United States $16M - [**Private AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/private-ai) Private AI develops privacy-preserving machine learning and natural language processing tools making privacy and GDPR compliance reliable. Canada $8.0M ### Series C and later 4 startups · $483M raised - [**Lucidworks**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucidworks) Lucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment. United States $203M - [**CommerceIQ**](https://millionrounds.com/company/commerceiq) CommerceIQ is an e-commerce technology company that offers a unified, AI-driven platform to help consumer brands enhance their ret United States $115M - [**People.ai**](https://millionrounds.com/company/people-ai) United States $97M - [**Starship Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/starship-technologies) Starship Technologies is a robotics company building fleets of self-driving delivery robots designed to deliver goods. United Kingdom $68M **How this map is made.** Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Shasta Ventures as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More portfolio maps [All portfolios](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps) [Sector portfolio **Shasta Ventures' Software portfolio** 11 startups · $866M](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/shasta-ventures-software-portfolio)[Sector portfolio **Shasta Ventures' Cybersecurity portfolio** 11 startups · $406M](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/shasta-ventures-cybersecurity-portfolio)[Sector portfolio **Shasta Ventures' Big Data & Analytics portfolio** 10 startups · $438M](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/shasta-ventures-big-data-analytics-portfolio)[Co-investors **Who invests with Shasta Ventures** 173 co-investors](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/shasta-ventures-co-investors)[Portfolio map **Shasta Ventures portfolio map** 105 startups · $5.2B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/shasta-ventures-portfolio-map)[Sector portfolio **Techstars' AI portfolio** 336 startups · $4.9B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/techstars-ai-portfolio) ## Raising from investors like Shasta Ventures? 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